Don't know how old the circ. stats are but they're not quite that high now. Plus, they are the numbers of copies PRINTED, NOT what is sold...although mgmt. has been known for it's creative accounting for quite some time.

And just like in Cincinnati, I've noticed lately that Florida Today is lacking original editorials. Today's column by Matt Reed is the first new local quasi-editorial in some time. Last week they were printing recycled USA TODAY editorials.

1/10/2012 1:54 PM Twenty pages? For a paper with a couple of hundred thousand circulation and Larkin going into the hall? Sports section should have at least been twelve with some type of commemoration package that outlined his career, career stats. Great moments etc. etc.

No way Florida Today is 85K on Sunday. Those must include the 30K they haul to the landfill immediately after they're printed. Will the EE keep his job when the new publisher is named? That the real mystery here now.

Counted with great interest the pages of the A section of the thin Florida Today daily offering. 6 pages and not a lot of meat on any of them.While we are counting, how about the total of 3 ads in that section, including the 1A low banner. Total was less than a half a page of advertising. Although I applaud more content vs. ads, they still have to make money, and I don't think today was one of those days.

Sometimes the Enquirer is so small that my deliveryperson has to get out of his van after tossing the paper toward my front yard. The paper never made it, but landed in the gutter. "Maybe, I should wrap it in a brick," he said when one of his tosses failed.

Slow news day at Florida Today, lead story on website is, "Twinkies maker Hostess faces bankruptcy again". Now, if we had a Hostess bakery in the area, I might see where this is an important story. We don't.

The real problem with Florida Today is that there is very little real news. NO investigative reporting. All the writing staff is gone. Instead of sharp news stories about NASA layoffs, the paper puts stories about NASA lacking diversity on page 1. There should be a section showing every empty business window in the county, instead, stories about how people laid off are "enjoying" new hobbies.

28 pages and not much on them. $1.00 Gee, I have a great idea / suggestion for Gannett... listen, not as many subscribers read the paper every day but people still love their morning coffee at Starbucks and MacDonalds...I go through the 'drive-thru' to get my senior cup of coffee and I would love to be able to order a paper too...especially on the way to work or class. Why doesn't Gannett get with these types of cafes and advertise they can pick theirs up at the drive-thru window and give them a nickel a copy or donate it to their charities. That way, their drive-thru could offer their customers the opportunity to purchase it conveniently. Hope that helps.

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